boil
n
(usu painful) infected swelling under the skin, producing pus (常為疼痛的)皮下膿腫.
boil v
1
(a) [I] (of a liquid) bubble up and change to vapour by being heated (指液體)沸騰; (水)開
When water boils it turns into steam. 水沸騰而變成蒸汽.
The kettle (ie The water in the kettle) is boiling. 壺(里的水)開了.
Have the potatoes (ie Has the water in which the potatoes are being cooked) boiled yet? 煮馬鈴薯的水開了嗎? =>Usage at water1 用法見 water1.
(b) [I, Ip] ~ (away) continue to boil 不斷沸騰
There's a saucepan boiling away on the stove. 爐子上鍋里的水一直開著.
2 [Tn] cause (a liquid) to boil 使(液體)沸騰
boil some water for the rice 把水煮開做飯.
3 [I, Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (for sb) cook or wash sth in boiling water 用開水煮或洗某物
boiled cabbage, carrots, potatoes, etc 煮熟的洋白菜、胡蘿卜、馬鈴薯等
Please boil me an egg/boil an egg for me. 請給我煮一個雞蛋. =>Usage at cook 用法見 cook.
4 [I, Ip] be very angry or agitated 憤怒; 激動
He was boiling (over) with rage. 他怒火中燒.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) boil `dry (of a liquid) boil until there is none left (指液體)煮乾
Don't let the pan boil dry. 別把鍋里的水煮乾了. keep the pot boiling => pot1. make sb's blood boil => blood1.
6 (phr v) boil (sth) away (cause sth to) boil until nothing remains; evaporate (sth) (使某物)燒乾; 使(某物)蒸發(fā)
The water in the kettle had all boiled away. 壺里的水完全燒乾了. boil (sth) down reduce or be reduced by boiling 煮濃; 熬濃. boil sth down (to sth) (infml 口) summarize sth; condense sth 歸納(某事物); 濃縮某事物
Could you boil that article down to 400 words? 你能把這篇文章縮寫成400字嗎? boil down to sth (be able to) be summarized as sth (能)歸結(jié)為某事物
The issue really boils down to a clash between left and right. 這場爭論確實可歸結(jié)為左派與右派之間的沖突. boil over
(a) (of liquid in a pan, etc) boil and flow over the side of a pan, etc (指鍋等容器中的液體)沸騰而溢出
The milk is boiling over. 牛奶沸騰得溢出來了.
(b) (infml 口) be very angry 非常惱火.
(c) (of a situation, quarrel, etc) reach a point of crisis; explode (指形勢、爭論等)達到危急關(guān)頭; boil, n
1 act of boiling 沸騰.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) be on the `boil be boiling 沸騰著. bring sth to the `boil heat sth until it boils 將某物煮至沸騰
Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for ten minutes. 把混合物煮至沸騰, 然後再用文火煮十分鐘. come to the `boil begin to boil 開始沸騰. off the `boil having just stopped boiling 停止沸騰
(fig infml 比喻, 口) He began by playing brilliantly but he's rather gone off the boil (ie he has begun playing less well) in the last few minutes. 一開始他表現(xiàn)得非常出色, 但最後幾分鐘就不怎麼好了.
?? 考研助記
用勺(b)子 煮 熬油(oil)
?? 擴展釋義
*[b?il]n. 煮沸, 沸騰, 癤vt. 煮沸, 激動vi. 煮沸, 激動【醫(yī)】 癤相關(guān)詞組: boil away boil down... boil down to... boil over boil dry boil up